Lu Wanqing pouted, trying to hold back her tears, her nose still twitching. She had lived two lives, and she had never heard of that saying before.
Seeing Lin Ye gazing at her with a sly smile, Lu Wanqing realized she had been tricked. He had made it all up just to keep her from worrying about him.
Suddenly, Lu Wanqing really wanted to kiss him, and when the nurse wasn't looking, she secretly kissed him on the cheek.
Lin Ye trembled, his heart filled with joy, and he wished he could pin her against the wall right now and kiss her passionately.
However, there are quite a few people in the hospital's emergency room, so he hasn't gone so far as to publicly display his affection for his partner.
After settling into the ward, he pulled the curtains around him, embraced Lu Wanqing, and kissed her passionately.
Because there were other patients in the other beds, and other people accompanying them, their kiss was extremely restrained and suppressed, which gave them a different kind of feeling.
It was a warmth born of surviving a catastrophe, with less desire and more love.
In the quiet of the hospital room late at night, the lights were dim, and the occasional sounds of coughing and talking could be heard outside.
But they only had eyes for each other.
Their bodies pressed tightly together, feeling each other's breath and savoring the sweetness of each other's lips, unwilling to separate for a long time.
The news of Lin Ye's burns spread throughout the brigade the next day.
Many people said they wanted to come to the hospital to check on him. Wang Guangming was also concerned about Lin Ye's injuries, so he called the brigade's tractor and brought everyone over.
Zhao Xiaolan was led into the ward by Lin Chunhua. When she saw Lin Ye wrapped in gauze, her eyes immediately welled up with tears.
She may not understand the significance of Lin Ye being her son, but she knows that this person has always taken meticulous care of her.
"Mom, don't be sad. Aye will be discharged from the hospital in a few days." Lin Chunhua's eyes also reddened, but she spoke with great restraint so that Zhao Xiaolan wouldn't get too emotional.
Lu Wanqing had already passed the initial stage of anxiety and fear, and comforted them, saying, "Don't worry, your skin will heal in a few days."
She secretly used the spiritual spring water to wipe Lin Ye's body that night. After a few days of skin metabolism, his skin should recover quickly.
At this moment, Lin Xiaocui led everyone in and greeted Lin Ye warmly.
Lin Ye used to be a rough and unruly man who didn't get along well with the villagers. Unexpectedly, he has now not only found love and family, but also gained the recognition of so many fellow villagers.
He glanced gratefully at Lu Wanqing; all of this had happened after she came into his life.
The ward was packed with visitors, and the bedside table was piled high with canned fruit. Zhang Guixiang next door had to get up and fetch water for herself.
"Jiajia, that girl, has been gone for so long, why hasn't she come back yet?"
As she walked down the corridor with her kettle, she inadvertently caught sight of Lu Wanqing and Lin Ye being surrounded by people.
Lin Ye's upper body was wrapped in gauze, clearly indicating that he was injured.
She quickly asked the nurse and learned that he had been burned.
"Do you know how he got burned?" Zhang Guixiang continued to ask.
The nurse glanced at her and said impatiently, "Why do you want to know this? I heard they were trapped in a fire and almost burned to death. If they had come any later, they would have been gone!"
Zhang Guixiang's chest heaved violently, and the kettle almost fell to the ground.
Just yesterday at noon, when the two were hugging and crying, she finally advised Lu Jiajia not to think too much about it. Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. They were unfamiliar with the place and couldn't do anything to Lu Wanqing.
At that moment, Lu Jiajia's eyes were filled with venom as she said she wanted to make Lu Wanqing taste the pain of losing her beloved. Could it be that she set the fire that burned Lin Ye?
But now Lin Ye is perfectly fine at the hospital, so where is she?
Zhang Guixiang grew increasingly frightened. She wanted to question Lu Wanqing about Lu Jiajia's whereabouts, but she was afraid that they would instead press her about Lu Jiajia's fate.
Just as she turned pale with panic, Liu Zhengfeng, dressed in a police uniform, appeared at the ward door with two other police officers.
"Zhang Guixiang, is it?" Liu Zhengfeng pulled out his work ID and showed it to her, speaking coldly.
Zhang Guixiang composed herself and said calmly, "Yes, that's me. What do you want with me?"
Liu Zhengfeng: "Please come with me to the police station for questioning!"
Zhang Guixiang's triangular eyes darted around, and she held her forehead. "Officer, I've injured my head and am still in the hospital. If you need anything, just ask me here."
She had heard that they used some special methods when handling cases, and with her old bones, she couldn't possibly endure it.
"Okay." Liu Zhengfeng didn't insist. After instructing his colleague to take notes, he continued, "Do you know anything about Lu Jiajia's whereabouts yesterday?"
Zhang Guixiang naturally shook her head. During the subsequent questioning, Zhang Guixiang learned that Lu Jiajia had actually planned the forest fire herself.
However, her plan failed, Lin Ye was rescued, and she disappeared by a ditch.
"Do you recognize this hair clip?" Liu Zhengfeng asked her, holding up a hair clip.
At this moment, Zhang Guixiang was in a panic, her heart was in her throat. When she saw the hair clip, she completely broke down. Her legs went weak and she collapsed onto the edge of the bed, tears streaming down her face.
"This is Jiajia's hair clip! Where is she? Tell me, where is she?" she wailed and screamed, drawing sighs from the onlookers.
After bringing Liu Zhengfeng over, Luo Hao first went to see Lin Ye and asked him some questions before coming to Zhang Guixiang's ward.
Luo Hao and Wang Guangming stood outside, watching the entire interrogation process.
Soon, everyone understood that Lu Jiajia had tricked Lin Ye into the principal's office, then set him on fire. After the plan failed, she accidentally fell into the ditch.
Everyone became indignant, hoping that Liu Zhengfeng could arrest Lu Jiajia and bring her to justice.
But Liu Zhengfeng said, "We have searched along the ditches, but we haven't found Lu Jiajia."
She couldn't just vanish into thin air, neither alive nor dead!
"Zhang Guixiang, answer honestly, where is Lu Jiajia hiding?" Liu Zhengfeng said sternly.
Zhang Guixiang cried, her nose and tears a mixture of snot and tears, and said with great heartache, "My daughter, she was swept away by the water, she may no longer be here, how I wish she were still alive!"
As she cried, she began to have convulsions, so the nurse quickly gave her a sedative injection to put her to sleep.
Liu Zhengfeng had no choice but to end the questioning.
After conducting interviews and investigations, he found that Qi Wei had an alibi. Even if he had contact with Li Fang and Kun Kun, there was no reason to say that he was in cahoots with Lu Jiajia.
Since Lu Jiajia cannot be found, this case can only remain unsolved for the time being.
However, Liu Zhengfeng was very responsible. He sent notices to the surrounding counties and even the capital to assist in the arrest. As long as Lu Jiajia was found, she had to be brought back to Yushan County for interrogation.
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